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Titolo: For hunger-proof cities [[electronic resource] ] : sustainable urban food systems / / edited by Mustafa Koc ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina: 338.19
363.8
Soggetto topico: Food supply
Food supply - Developing countries
Nutrition policy
Sustainable agriculture
Urban health
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: Koc̦Mustafa  
Note generali: "Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food Systems...at Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto"--P. 4.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Food Security Is a Global Concern; Part 1. The Concept of Urban Food Security; Part 2. Local Food Systems; Part 3. Urban and Community Agriculture; Part 4. Accessibility and Urban Food Distribution; Part 5. Ecological and Health Concerns; Part 6. Engendering the Food System; Part 7. The Politics of Food and Food Policy; Part 8. Toward Food Democracy; Appendix 1. Abstracts; Appendix 2. Contributing Authors; Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations;
Sommario/riassunto: For Hunger-proof Cities is the first book to fully examine food security from an urban perspective. It examines existing local food systems and ways to improve the availability and accessibility of food for city dwellers. It looks at methods to improve community-supported agriculture and cooperation between urban and rural populations. It explores what existing marketing and distribution structures can do to improve accessibility and what the emerging forms of food-distribution systems are, and how they can contribute to alleviating hunger in the cities. Finally, the book discusses the underly
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ISBN: 1-280-71744-0
9786610717446
1-55250-062-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456106903321
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